this city is in the south tip of malaysia across from singapore. it is not very touristy. the danga bay marina is just a few minutes outside of the city by a very comfortable and cheap bus. the marina is inside a board walk which has restaurants, clubs, stages for concerts (with a concert or karaoke every night) an amusement park and a train ride. the entire complex is owned by a sultan who wants to attract sailboats to the marina as part of the sight and show of the city and therefore he allows the boats to stay in the docks for free!!! as a result there are plenty of boaters traveling like us, staying longer terms or simply leaving their sailboats here while they fly back home. we certainly enjoy the “free” part and docked here to enjoy the city but mostly do maintenance to the boat. esteban climbed up the tower to change the wind generator blades that were disintegrating. luckily the manufacturer of our air breeze gave us a new set to replace for free.
we also cleaned every locker and every detail and corner of the boat…. and lastly we cleaned the hull. that beautiful blue hull in which we once so proudly saw a reflection of ourselves had a nasty white stain all over because the salt had somehow glued to it since arriving in the marquesas… . here, with a lot of water, vinegar and a lot of muscle, esteban cleaned and polished for days. we now have the old shiny blue boat again!!!! all this was possible because we had running water all the time and the docks with shore power; which was the only thing they charge; and even that was only 7 dollars for over 10 days of electricity… unbelievable. danga bay marina was a christmas gift to us and the boat of course!
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